#DD853B#DD853B

#DD853B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.139 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD853B
RGB	rgb(221, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 27.89, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 59.44, 62.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0748 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.139 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9990, 32.4670, 8.3498)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD853B #3B93DD

analogous

#DD3B42 #DD853B #DDD63B

triadic

#DD853B #3BDD85 #853BDD

tetradic

#DD853B #42DD3B #3B93DD #D63BDD

square

#DD853B #42DD3B #3B93DD #D63BDD

split-complementary

#DD853B #3BDDD6 #3B42DD

monochromatic

#864A17 #BA6720 #DD853B #E6A56F #EFC6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#DD853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#DD853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD853B

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD853B	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.139 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda975',
    500: '#dd853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd853b;
$custom-light: #eda975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.407,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69762,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD853B

secondary

#98BDDC

accent

#9CED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181008

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD853B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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